If we're going to talk seriously about Israel, it's a lot more complicated than that. Israel is our only -albeit not entirely reliable- ally in the region.

I realize I may be flamed again. Many are very passionate about the question. My hunch is the US' unquestioning support for Israel is a matter of guilt for not having gotten into the war earlier, and crushed the Nazis, to end the genocide years earlier.

A secondary concern is a voting block in the US.

Outside of that, the US has no strategic interest in a bit of land on the shore of the Med. The Arabs have the oil and gas. The Arabs control the choke points in commercial sea traffic. The Arabs have the population. Don't even try to say it's because Israel is a democracy. The US doesn't give a hoot about "democracy", as evidenced by it's decades of support for every two bit dictator, who pays lip service to being a "good anti-Communist".

Steve

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